In the spaces - trapped in the twilight between living and death Existing in the gray solitude of quiet desperation - apart and alone Seeing the clear blue skies and drifting clouds without freedom Knowing only a cold, inhospitable place for too long called home I first came into this world noble, brave, and free Born to roam and know the wild wide open places Part of a family bound by love, strong for our bond Linked at our hearts forever to each other for all time How did it come to pass this non-life that I live? When did I become a shadow of all I am meant to be? Alone, silent, withdrawn from a world I can't take Dimly I recall a life where I had family and was free If freed will I recognize and understand others of my kind Can they accept who I really am and where I’ve been? Or will freedom mean only a change of twilights - still bound To gray quiet solitude - with others yet still apart and alone © Candace 1/19/05 Dedicated to Kei and all those like her ~ may man one day grow to realize they have souls and worth just for who they are.

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~*~ Graphics are based on a photo (c) Bari 2001 and used with his permission ~*~